Maritime record MHG50382 - Dart: Ornsay Harbour, Sound Of Sleat

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Location

Grid reference Centred NG 710 126 (20m by 20m)
Map sheet NG71SW
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Operational Area CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS

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NMRS Report: (28/02/2007 17:53:05)
NG71SW 8015 c. 710 127
N57 8.9 W5 47.2

NLO: Ornsay [name centred NG 710 127]
Sound of Sleat [name centred NG 72 09].

Corry, by Broadford, 24th Oct. The DART (smack), of Montrose, bound to Easdale slate quarries, in ballast, drove from her anchors in Isle Ornsay harbour 21st Oct., and is now on shore there, but not much damaged.
Source: LL, No. 15,771, London, Thursday, October 27 1864.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 10687).

Ornsay harbour is not indicated as such on the 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably suggesting her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 February 2007.



Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 286820.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2009 3:19PM

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